Mop-wringer and pail



(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,065, dated March 27, 1894. Application filed January 13, 1894. Serial No.4961'722. (Nomodel.)

My invention consists of certain novel de' vices constituting a mop-wringer, and adapted to be applied to a common water pail, and thereby to make a simple, cheap and yet a very efficient wrin ger for household and other purposes.

Figure l illustrates a front view of my improved apparatus applied to a pail, the latter and a part of the roller of same being in vertical section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the wringer; Fig. 3, a plan view of the wringer and pail; and Figs. 4 and 5 details enlarged.

On the inside of a common waterpail, bucket or similar vessel I make at its opposite sides vertical grooves, 1, adapted to receive snugly the edges, 2, of a board, 3, on which the movable frame, 4, of the squeezing roll, 5, is supported, and which frame is provided with projecting handles, 6 6, by which it may be slid up and down upon the partition board, 3, in order to wring a mop or kindred article. This roller frame is provided with coiled springs 7, which at one end are severally connected to the ends of the roller shaft, their other ends passing through holes in the back of the roller frame, and being there adjustably held by means of a piece, 8, of scrap tin, which is inserted between any two adjacent coils of the spring so as to give any desired tension to the springs and consequent desired pressure on the roll. 9 9, on the partition board, 3, serve when the .roll is pulled down to the position shown in Figs. l and 2, to guide it outward or away from the partition against the force of the springs, and thus place it in position to re ceive the mop to be squeezed. Slots 10, 10,

invention are self-evident.

Inclined planes,

in the sides of frame 4 allow the movement of the roller toward and away from the board, 3. The elevated position of frame 4, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, shows how the springs 7,7, pull the roll toward board 3, after the roller has been lifted above the inclines 9, 9. The central or partition board 3, may, if needed, be fastened by a nail or pin to the pail; and it has a few holes l1, 11, at its top, through which ones fingers may pass to carry the whole from place to place, the board 3, thus serving as a carrier handle.

To use the device, the part 12, of the pail is filled with clean water. The mop is dipped into this water, and after being used to mop a floor, e., the mop is wrung out as follows: The mop itself is laid over the top of board 3, where it hangs down on the roller side of the board, the end of the long handle of the mop resting on the door atthe other side of this board. The roller being then in its lowest position, is separated by the inclines from the board, thus leaving an open space to receive the lower end of the mop needing to be wrung. The operator now takes hold of the handles, 6, 6, and raises the roller frame, 4, to nearly the top of the board, 3, and then presses it down again into its original position, thus causing the roller to pass twice over the mop, wringing it thoroughly and leaving all the dirty water in that side of the pail which is opposite the one containing clean water. It will be observed that the squeezing action is automatic, and by mere force of `the springs; the operator simply giving the up-and-down or traverse movement to the roller. The simplicity and cheapness of the No metal is needed except two small coil springs, two small wood screws, andtwo bits of scrap tin. And excepting the common pail, all the wood-work may be made of scrap wood.

It' desired, an ordinary straphinge 13, may be fastened by one of its leaves, on each opposite side of the pail, or at one side only, its other leaf being left free, so that when the roller is moved up and down, the foot of the operator may, by being placed on the free leaf then lying flat on the Iioor, serve to hold the pail firmly in position.

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Having thus described my invention,what sel into two compartments, and extending I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letabove the vessel, combined With a mop wringters Patent, ising roller mounted on a frame adapted to be l. In combination, the vertically movable raised and lowered on such board and to grip 15 5 frame carrying a squeezing roller, springs and cleanse a mop, al1 substantially as set serving adj ustabiy to vary its pressure at will, forth.

a vertical board on which such frame may be raised and lowered, and inclines thereon serv- Y ALB RED H' RAMEY' ing to separate the roll from the board. Witnesses:-

1o 2. In combination with a pail or bucket, a WILLIAM S. BEAUPRE,

partition board, 3, serving to divide the ves- CHARLES C. EARLE. 

